Yellow Moon

Paperback | 18 August 2009 | Edition Number 1

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A jazzman, a wharf worker, a prostitute, all murdered. Wrists punctured, their bodies impossibly drained of blood. What connects them? Why are they rising as ghosts?

Marie Levant, the great-great granddaughter of the Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau, knows better than anyone New Orleans's brutal past -- the legacy of slavery, poverty, racism, and sexism -- and as a doctor at Charity Hospital's ER, she treats its current victims.

When she sleeps, she dreams of blood. Rain, never ending. The river is rising and the yellow moon warns of an ancient evil -- an African vampire -- wazimamoto -- a spirit created by colonial oppression.

The struggle becomes personal, as the wazimamoto is intent on destroying her and all the Laveau descendants. Marie fights to protect her daughter, lover, and herself from the wazimamoto's seductive assault on both body and spirit.

Echoing with the heartache and triumph of the African-American experience, the soulful rhythms of jazz, and the horrors of racial oppression, Yellow Moon gives us an unforgettable heroine -- sexy, vulnerable, and mysterious -- in Marie Levant, while it powerfully evokes a city on the brink of catastrophe.

Yellow Moon is part two of the New Orleans trilogy that began with Voodoo Season -- magical realist fiction that takes the legend of the voodoo priestess Marie Laveau, as imagined by Jewell Parker Rhodes in the bestselling Voodoo Dreams, into the present day.

Industry Reviews

"A compelling, mystical ride. Rhodes has created an exciting contemporary heroine battling New Orleans's racist past and preparing for post-Katrina times. Empowered, sassy, comfortable with her sexuality, Dr. Laveau is expert at spiritual and medical healing and at solving crimes. Dr. Laveau -- is all woman -- all the time. Doctor, mother, voodooienne -- a heroine dispelling evil, raising her daughter, and living large in New Orleans." -- E. Lynn Harris "In Yellow Moon, I recognized the blending of African and American; of ancient and modern; of lost but not forgotten; of real and imagined working together to create a new forever." -- Angela Reid, President of Imani -- Metro Atlanta "In the brilliant novel Yellow Moon, real world crime bumps up against otherworldly forces. Modern medicine and ancient voodoo practices dance hand in hand along jazz-filled New Orleans streets in this stirring exploration of a contemporary healer descended from the legendary voodoo queen Marie Laveau. In this stunning novel, the author once again demonstrates that her gifts as a story-teller are unparalleled." -- Betty Webb, author of the prize-winning Lena Jones mysteries, Desert Cut and Desert Wives "Richly dark and vividly haunting, Jewell Parker Rhodes gives us a taut and thrilling novel imbued with the lush and soulful spirit of New Orleans. Yellow Moon is a magical, mysterious, and transfixing read." -- David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Creepers

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